Walman Optical employees presenting Stepping Stone's Cafeteria Manager Tammy with the donations. (Tammy is third from left.) Thank you, Walman Optical! Walman Optical in Brooklyn Park created a company food drive from April 9-May 9, and what a success! Their generous employees donated much-needed canned and boxed food to help Stepping Stone [...]
Julie Helps Co-Author a Response The MN Coalition for the Homeless reached out to Julie Jeppson, Stepping Stone’s Executive Director, and asked her to help co-author a response to an article in the MinnPost entitled, “Housing advocates want lawmakers to restart and replenish Minnesota’s halted rental assistance program. That’s gonna be a tough sell.” [...]
Updates to Our Second Floor North Metro TV and ABC Newspapers Report on our Exciting News The second floor expansion has been exciting for us - and newsworthy! Read the ABC Newspaper article here. Watch the North Metro TV news piece:
Emergency Staffing Pool Means We Move Back to the Shelter! So many of us are experiencing staffing shortages right now. Some, even dangerously low. Stepping Stone is no exception. The State asked for our feedback and responded! During a listening session, key State decision makers heard the struggles that we’re having. In response, they [...]
2021 A Year in Review Unprecedented! If we had to choose one word that described 2021, that's what it would be. Despite some huge adversities that the shelter faced with the pandemic, we had some amazing things happen this past year. Highlights of 2021: 1. We appreciate and extend our gratitude to our [...]
During the winter of 2013, long-time Anoka County employee and retiree Edna Hoium stepped in to work at Stepping Stone Emergency Housing to help prevent it from closing after a few pivotal employees walked out one day. Edna’s passion and tenacity stabilized Stepping Stone, slowly getting it back on solid financial ground. Today the shelter [...]
We need your help! $80K per Month Emergency COVID Response Recently, COVID has come on like a tsunami and on October 1st, Stepping Stone took expensive emergency action to ensure the safety of our residents and staff by moving half of our residents to an area hotel to allow for more social distancing. Initially, quarantining [...]
Executive Director Julie Jeppson shares a meeting she had this past weekend with a couple and their two young boys. They want people to know that homelessness doesn’t always look like chaos and desperation. "I met with a couple and their two young boys yesterday morning. They wanted to meet with me because they [...]
